Display device



March l 1927.`

B. E. DRAKE v DIsIfLAY DEVICE.

Filed sept. 1, 1926 ATTORNEYS i'ials are employed.

Patented Mar. 1, 1927.

` UNITED vSTATES 1,619,658 PATENT OFFICE.

BERT E. DRAKE, 0F ROCKVILLE CENTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-'HALF TO HORACE TRACY, OF ROCKVILLE CENTER, NEW YORK. I

' DISPLAY DEVICE.

Application led September 1,1926.l Serial No. 133,038.

vMy invention relates to a display device for exhibiting to the tradeshoes or other articles of apparel, the `invention having particular usefulness for the display of shoes in which different textures of mate- My device is designed to very materially reduce the number of sample shoes `required to be carried by ay salesman for the display of the goods in a wide variety.

The general object of my invention is to provide a device of the indicated character whereby the various colored materials and materials of various character or texture may be laid over a dummy simulating a section of a shoe, for example, and so clamped in position that the material will be displayed smoothly without puckeiing or I wrinklinof so as to indicate toa dealer the D exact appearance of a shoe embodying the particular materials, so that a shoe of a given last may be displayed in various colors as it will appear when made up -of various materials.

The nature of my invention and its distinguishing features and advantages will clearl appear as the description proceeds.

Re erence is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specication, it being understood that the drawings are merely illustrative of a practical example of the invention.

Figure 1 is a plan View of a display device embodying my invention, showing the same in position with t-he clamp closed against the base;

Figure 2 is a cross-section thereof, indicated by the line 2 2 of Figure 1, showing the material held in position by the clamp plate; Y

Figure 3 is a front elevation of the display device with the clamp in raised ered position the dummy A1l willvr project through said opening 14,. s

As will be observed from .Figure 1, which shows the clamp plate inthe lowered position, the defining edge of the opening 14 is spaced from dummy 11 at certain portions, a greater distance than the rcniainingv portions, as indicated at 114 adjacent the sole of the dummy 11. Said opening spaced an increased distance from the dummy 11 is adjacent to the point of greatest projection, as indicated at 111, which is the sQle portion of the dummy. The `result is that these edge portions of opening 14, lying closely to dummy 11, will draw the material A tightly over the dummy and the edge portions 114: will similarly draw the materia-l A smoothly and will accommodate thematerial in a manner to prevent wrinkling.

An important feature in effecting the tight clamping of the material A over the dummy on to the base 10 and properly straightened-over the dummy 11, is they edge formation of the base and clamp plate. The edges 15 of the base, it will be seen, aie rounded, and edges 16 of clamp plate 12, except the hinge edge, are rounded and deflected rearwardly, considering the Vclamp plate in its clamping position as in Figure 2. The result .is not only that the fabric is tightly held in the manner for the most effective display, but the edge portion or surplus portion of the fabric is deflected rearwardly so that no area. of the fabric A except that which lias been draped over the dummy 11 appears to the eye, to lessen the effective display of the fabric on the dummy.

With the above described device wide variance in a shoe of a given last may be eiectively displayed in a manner to show the actual appearance with various colors and of various materials.

Different portions of the shoe may be made up of different materials in different colors by laying over the dummy l1 different Woven fabrics, leather, suede or the like, so that one dummy representing a given last enables a dealer to judge of the same shoe when made up in a Wide variety of materials.

I would state, furthermore, that I do not limit myself strictly to the exact details herein illustrated, since, manifestly, the same may be considerably varied Without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

of the cut-out, when the clamp is disposed aga-inst the base. i i

Q. A display device including a base having a dummy thereon simulating an article and a clamp adapted to be disposed against the base and having an opening' for the dummy to project through, for the clamping of material on to .the base and extending over the dummy, the said plate having edge portions deflected in a direction toward the back of the base.

3. A display device including a base hav-` ing'a dummy thereon simulating an article and a clamp adapted to be disposed against the base and having an opening vfor the dummy to project through, for the clamping fr.

of material on to the base and extending' over the dummy, the said plate having edge portions deflected in a direction'toward the back of the'base, said base adjacent said edge portions of the clamp being rounded. i

BERT E. BRAKE. 

